Oct 26, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
GIPPSLAND ROTARY CENTENARY HOUSEOctober 26, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (6.54 pm) — I was very impressed at the Gippsland Rotary Centenary House on Saturday night by a fundraising initiative to secure additional funding for the next nine units required by this...
Oct 26, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (INCOME SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS) BILL 2009October 26, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (6.16 pm) — I rise to speak in relation to the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009, which...
Oct 23, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS) BILL 2009October 22, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (12.47 pm) — I have come to this debate today on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009...
Oct 22, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
NATIONAL WARNING SYSTEMOctober 22, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (9.54 am) — Telstra has received a $15 million contract to build a new national warning system that will send alerts to phones of residents threatened by disasters. In the first stage of this program there...
Oct 22, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – NOTICESOctober 21, 2009MR CHESTER: To move: That the House: (1) notes that National Landcare Week, 7 to 13 September, in 2009 commemorated 20 years of service across Australia; (2) recognises that Landcare: (a) is primarily a...
Oct 22, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – GOVERNMENT SPENDINGOctober 21, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (4.39 pm) — I rise to speak about the government’s reckless spending and the severe impact it is having, and will continue to have, on families and small business. In the...
